Semua Bab Once Rejected, Now Desired : Bab 91 - Bab 100

SOPHIA After the strange meeting with the Queen and her visitors, I retired to the maids quarters to finish my work for the day. I was more than comfortable with the idea of returning to my small bunk bed, burying my head in my pillow, and sleeping. I wanted to wake up from the nightmare that I was currently living in and reside with my boys in Crescent Heart again. I wanted to believe we had never come to Dark Moon, and I never had to be separated from them. However, as the universe would have it again, all my dreams came to nothing and were shattered the minute Queen Claire stomped into the kitchen, demanding - and very specifically - to see me. "Where is Bailey?" She asked, her stern eyes glanced through the kitchen. The maids made sure to clear the path for her eyes until they eventually landed on me."There you are. You are to set the table for tonight's dinner." I bowed my head as she spoke. The last thing I wanted to give her was a reason to humiliate me in front of every

SOPHIA "Can you give me that?" By the goddess, I could swear that every hair on the surface of my skin - every part of my skin - stood at attention at his singular command. My throat ran dry almost immediately, and I was doing quite a sour job at dampening it with my saliva. He held my gaze in his while his hands dropped from my cheeks to the sides of my neck. Soon, his eyes found a better focus and his pupils dilated ever so slowly. I caught the change because I was so focused on him as well. Asher Morris. My Asher Morris. There was nothing stopping me from leaning in and sealing his lips with mine. There was nothing present at that moment stopping me from saying yes to me. I was his. I had always been his. Did a man ever need permission to take what belonged to him? I was his wife, but he didn't know that. And I sure as hell wasn't in the position to tell him, at least not yet. Queen Claire was a spiteful woman. If I went against her grand plan myself, there was no telling wh

SOPHIA "YOU!" The word rolled off her tongue, as bitter and furious as that of a hungry and venomous snake. Queen Claire's blue eyes glared into mine, filled with tears and a hatred I more than recognized. I stood there, shivering and confused, not understanding anything that had happened in the last few minutes. One second, he was kissing me, the next he had fallen to the ground and was currently bleeding from his nose and ears. "You did this!" She screamed at the top of her voice. I tried to take one step forward, to make sure that Asher was okay, but she would have none of it. She pulled her sandals off her right leg and flung it at me. The peach sandals caught my right knee and I staggered backwards. "How dare you?! I warned you to stay away from him! I warned you not to get close to him, but you didn't listen. YOU DO NOT EVER LISTEN!" My heart pounded against my chest, threatening to burst through the muscular walls of my stomach. At that very moment, I did not care about

ASHER It all came back to me. It was in a rush at first, but after I closed my eyes and gave in to the darkness, I was able to put bits and pieces back together again. I saw it all, right from the very beginning. She was only eight years old, and I was yet to turn thirteen when I saw her for the first time. Petite and incredibly small, she was not over four feet and five inches tall. I had been friends with Adeline, Hailey, and Marilyn, the beta's daughters. But they seemed to dislike her for reasons that were best known to them. When I met her in the dandelion fields for the first time, I fell in love with her. It didn't matter where I went, who I met, as long as I was present in Dark Moon, I made sure to see her everyday after that. How could I ever forget someone who was such a vital part of my life? She was the only woman I had ever brought myself to love, the only one my heart intended to continue loving. Forward to the present, she burst into an uncontrollable rain of t

ASHER It was safe to say it would have been the best, longest, and calmest sleep I had experienced in a long time. Sophia was by my side, where she belonged, and everything felt just right. Yet, there was something in my mind that continued to bother me time and time again. It was my mother. Along with the rest of my memories came the truth that she had never liked Sophia. However, I did not expect her hatred to be so deeply rooted that she would dare to snatch her life, our life, away from her. This truth had me tossing and turning as much as Sophia's grip allowed me. Until the morning sun rays leaked into my room from the windows, and it was impossible to keep my eyes closed anymore. Once it was bright, I turned to look at Sophia. She was still sound asleep, and it was the sound of her light snores that told me how tired she was. Just as I was about to reach for her face, the twin doors of my room burst open, and she jerked up from sleep in shock. It was clear I wasn't the onl